Torness

About Torness

Torness is a nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland, 33 miles east of Edinburgh. It is capable of supplying electricity over 2 million UK homes.

Station Director: Paul Winkle
Reactor type: 2 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors
Total supply to the national grid: 1190 MW
Coolant: Carbon dioxide gas (CO2)
Start of construction: 1980
Start of generation: 1988
Estimated end of generation: 2030
People: Approximately 550 full time EDF Energy employees plus over 180 full time contract partners

Power station - Torness

Torness is a nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland, 33 miles east of Edinburgh. It is capable of supplying electricity over 2 million UK homes.

Reactor 1

Turbine Generator 1

In service

591MW

Status

Nominal full load

Next statutory outage

Apr-2017

Reactor 2

Turbine Generator 2

In service

614MW

Status

Load-load refuelling

Next statutory outage

Sep-2018

Notes

Nominal full load refers to the nominal maximum generation in megawatts from a reactor. The output from a reactor can fluctuate even when at full load for many reasons (e.g. plant conditions, sea water temperatures, operating limits/constraints etc). Where the output of a reactor is reduced by approximately 10% or more of its maximum, the reason for this will be shown. Generation figures are net of any imports into the station and may be negative when a unit is not generating.

Return to service dates are provided to the same accuracy as provided to National Grid under the requirements of the Grid Code and refer to the first full day of operation. Where a return to service date falls within approximately two weeks of the date of this report, the exact date will be shown. Where a return to service date is expected to fall more than two weeks into the future, the week commencing in which a reactor is due to return to service will be indicated (shown as “w/c”).

Additional information on the availability of our nuclear power stations can be found on our REMIT page.

Community

EDF Energy hold regular meetings (Local Liaison Council or LLC) with local people, the media, council and emergency services representatives and local politicians to maintain regular communications about the nuclear site.

The next LLC is 16 March 2017 at Torness power station

For more information, contact Ashleigh Dickson, EDF Energy, on +44 (0)1368 873847.

Read our latest community report (PDF)

Read the Torness Environmental Product Description (PDF)

Visit us

Drop into our visitor centre or book a full tour to see for yourself how we generate nuclear energy.

Our visitor centre has an interactive exhibition where you can find out more about nuclear power generation. We also offer pre-booked tours of the power station and it's all free of charge.

Find out more about tours

Contact us

Address:
EDF Energy
Torness power station
Torness
Dunbar
East Lothian
EH42 1QS
Reception: +44 (0)1368 873000
Media requests: Fiona McCall, +44 (0)1355 846281
Community requests: Ashleigh Dickson, +44 (0)1368 873847

Safety and reporting

Our number one priority is safety. Find out about EDF Energy's commitment to Zero Harm.

Find out about safety and reporting

Woman wearing safety goggles using an atom molecular model

Education

At EDF Energy we are passionate about developing the next generation of UK scientists and engineers.

Learn about our education initiatives

News

Torness open the doors to the community

Torness, 27 September 2016

Have you ever wondered what life is like at Torness Power Station? On Thursday 20 October, a team of employees are hosting an open evening at Halhill Sports Centre in Dunbar.
East Lothian set to benefit from investment at Torness power station

Torness, 10 July 2015

One of two nuclear reactors at EDF Energy’s Torness power station in East Lothian will be taken out of service later today (Friday 10th July) for a major maintenance programme worth around £30 million.
Schoolboy is 5000th person to Torness visitor centre

Torness, 9 December 2014

A school boy from George Heriots School in Edinburgh has become the 5000th visitor to enjoy Torness visitor centre since it opened eighteen months ago.